by Guest Writer | Jan 26, 2019 | Features, Successful Communities
Sandt LitchfieldGuest Commentator From 1980 to 1990 I was in a cult. It was called Santeria, an Afro Cuban religion that was granted religious status in 1982 by the Supreme Court of the United States. They wore all white with a bunch of beads around their neck. One...
by Guest Writer | Dec 22, 2018 | Honoring Our Own, MDI News
By David HorobinTeammate, friend and honorary family member On December 11, longtime Western Region MDI member Doug Ernst died in his Napa home from complications from Lou Gehrig’s Disease with his family at his side. He leaves a legacy as a family leader who...
by Guest Writer | Nov 20, 2018 | Features, Successful Families
Satraipal Fred Rai Guest Writer What is a successful family? I don’t know about anyone else’s interpretation, however, I can share of one successful family I encountered as a child and one in which I was surrounded by as I grew up. As a child I...
by Guest Writer | Nov 20, 2018 | Features, Successful Families
Dan Kempner Contributing Writer Two kids, two worlds. My first daughter arrived in a huge birthing room in Massachusetts, in one of the world’s great hospitals. The labor was not easy. Like any man who attends such an event, I knew I was in over my head, and I saw...
by Guest Writer | Oct 26, 2018 | Features, Grateful for the Challenges
Dan Kempner Contributing Writer Every damn day I turn on the TV – the idiot-box, as my dad used to call it, ha-ha! – though I don’t think that’s original with him. Maybe he got it from one of the late-night guys, Jack Parr or somebody in the early...
